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You are a member of a 3-person educational team that has developed a competency test that uses 50 multiple choice test questions to determine the knowledge and skill level of learners. After 30 learners have completed the competency test, the team conducted an item analysis. For the educator in the academic setting, the learner will […]

Judge me not journal In this chapter we learned all about perception. Tell me about it? Why do you believe they misjudged you? What factors played a role? Next, tell me about a time that you misjudged someone else. What factors played a role? How did you find out you were wrong? Compare the two […]

Human Population and the Environment The Population Bomb! (Paul Ehrlich) 1) What is the central argument of the Population Bomb! Why do you think this book was so controversial in its day? What is meant by the terms “birth-rate solutions” and “death-rate solutions. Define these terms and give 2 examples of each. 2) The essay […]

Tragedy of the Commons 1) What does Hardin mean by the expression “Tragedy of the Commons”? What are “The Commons”? 2) What example/parable does Hardin use to illustrate the “Tragedy of the Commons”? Give an example of the ‘Commons’ from your local area. How does this relate to the Carrying Capacity of the land? 3) […]

Julian Simon was right (CATO) 1) Simon argued that even as Earth’s population grew, human ingenuity would provide solutions to overpopulation. Explain how this reading suggests that Simon may be right. 2) Other scientists and economists say that Simon ‘got lucky’ in his predictions. Do you think this is true? What factors helped prove Simon’s […]

1) Summarize Malthus’ theory of population growth. 2) What reasons does Lomborg put forth to suggest that Ehrlich’s “doomsday” ideas are totally wrong? Do you agree? Explain why or why not. 3) May require outside research: what is meant by the term ‘Green Revolution’? What are some aspects of the ‘Green Revolution’? 4) Lomborg gives […]

Read three articles and answer the questions in a few sentences 1) Lomborg mentions that a “trading economy” allows a nation to exist beyond the country’s actual sustainability. Do you agree with this or not? Explain why. What is a “trading economy”? 2) Lomborg mentions that increased urban migration will alleviate the overcrowding caused by […]

• Reliability and convergent evidence. Is your target study consistent with other findings ? Are there other studies with the same or similar independent and dependent variable relationships? Is the quality of evidence strong or not in the other studies? Is the result shown across multiple different study designs? • Are there any gaps in […]

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Assassination Generation: Video games, Aggression and The Psychology of Killing. Little, Brown and Company: New York, 2016. Introduction, Chapter Three: The Human Brain on Violence: How Violent Video Games Warp the Mind Why does Grossman begin by citing the first fifteen minutes of gameplay in Postal III  Why does the author […]

Electronic Media Socialization Concerns: Those who control the mass media can influence socialization within the home What messages do these agents of socialization send to children? What is the impact of children spending more time with media and less time with caregivers and peers? Internet socialization is radicalizing young people Is this the question you […]